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a lot of old papers and old photos on the tablea lot of old photos and letters on the tablemany old photos of people and airplanes on the tablean old photo of a man standing in front of a planeseveral papers are piled on top of each other on a tablean old document with a blue writing on it sitting on a tablean old photo of a group of men in military uniformsa certificate with a picture of a horse on itan old photo of a man in uniform posing for a picturea close up of a metal bird with wings on a white surfacea close up of a metal brooch with a bird on it
VALOIR POUSSE-CORNET Maison de ventes

137 - AVIATION. DOCUMENTS. Collection of letters, official corresp…
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Estimate €60 - €80
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AVIATION. DOCUMENTS. Collection of letters, official correspondence, and a posthumous Legion of Honour certificate, photographs relating to Lieutenant Maurice LERAT, who died on 24 June 1941 along with his crew when their aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing mission on LEO 45 south of Palmyra (Syria), enclosed is his unit insignia, a silver stork with lowered wings which appears on his portrait. BE Maurice LERAT, born in 1906, enlisted as a volunteer in 1924, qualified as a pilot in 1926, served in Madagascar (1930–1932), was a bomber pilot with Group 1/25, shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 24 June 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour.
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About the sale MILITARIA 1914–1918 & 1939–1945
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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